18 Wedding Food Trends That Will Be Huge in 2016

Consider this your official preview of every wedding you're about to be invited to over the next year. (Damn, the future looks delish.)

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Color-Coordinated Cocktails

Color-Coordinated Cocktails

You already try to find cocktail napkins to match the exact blush pink of your bridesmaids' dresses, so why not take things a step further and color-coordinate your drinks, too? (Um, yes way, rosé!) This trend has been growing increasingly popular recently, says Abby Larson, founder of the wedding blog Style Me Pretty.

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Soft Pretzel Wall

Soft Pretzel Wall

Instagram-worthy backdrops have been a wedding staple since, well, the invention of Instagram, this one serves double duty. More and more couples have been asking Andrew Cavitolo and Bobby Stern of Riviera Caterers to recreate their 8-foot-tall, NYC-style pretzel walls for their post-nuptial parties.

Color-Coordinated Cocktails

You already try to find cocktail napkins to match the exact blush pink of your bridesmaids' dresses, so why not take things a step further and color-coordinate your drinks, too? (Um, yes way, rosé!) This trend has been growing increasingly popular recently, says Abby Larson, founder of the wedding blog Style Me Pretty.

Taylor Barnes Photography/Style Me Pretty

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Soft Pretzel Wall

Instagram-worthy backdrops have been a wedding staple since, well, the invention of Instagram, this one serves double duty. More and more couples have been asking Andrew Cavitolo and Bobby Stern of Riviera Caterers to recreate their 8-foot-tall, NYC-style pretzel walls for their post-nuptial parties.

Riviera Caterers

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Upgraded Lemonades

Long gone are the days of watered-down, generic catering hall lemonade. Many weddings are treating these with as much care as a signature cocktail, upgrading a classic recipe with herbs and flavored sugars and syrups, Larson says.

Appetizers with a Secret Meaning

Your apps can also be an opportunity to tell part of your story, like the dish you ate when you first met. Talk to your caterer about a dish from your past and see if the company can come up with a bite-sized version to serve, like these pork belly and Peking duck-stuffed steamed buns Cavitolo and Stern made.

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Ice Cream Sandwiches

It's your wedding, and you can serve mini ice cream sandwiches if you want to. Surprising guests with a late-night treat has been insanely popular over the past few years, but these days, couples are trading out the cupcakes and donuts for ice cream sandwiches, powdered sugar-coated beignets and cookies with milk.

Girl. Inspired.

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Chef's Tables

Cocktail hour often equates to a lot of awkward small talk (and actively seeking out any source of sustenance until the big meal). Chef's tables show appetizers being made, and allow guests to have customized apps, Cavitolo and Stern say.

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Naked Cakes

This trend's not going anywhere, though the latest ones are called "nearly naked," because they are crumb-coated with a light layer of frosting, and they're typically topped with fresh flowers, Larson says.

Laura Ivanova Photography/Style Me Pretty

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Margaritas and Mini Tacos

Of course you want a salt rim on your margarita, but have you ever thought of chasing it with a one-bite taco? You need to. Every expert we spoke to cited this as a major trend (particularly the tacos and margs), but you could pair any cocktail with a mini app and make it your own.

Josh Gruetzmacher Photography/Style Me Pretty

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Calligraphy Cake Toppers

Forget the plastic bride and groom in full-on '80s styles (what's with the puffy sleeves?!). Many people are skipping cake toppers altogether, opting for flowers or green garland instead, Larson says. Another popular style: The couple's name or a phrase written in calligraphy and cut out, like this design from ThePinkOwlGifts.